People News from AEW (Real Estate - Europe)

AEW Europe announces the appointment of Cyril Hoyaux as Head of Debt Funds Management in Europe as part of the Company’s strategy to significantly expand of its real estate debt platform and ahead of the planned launch of AEW Europe’s second debt fund, Senior European Loan Fund 2 (“SELF2”).

Over the last few years, institutional investors have increased their exposure to non-traditional or alternative property types, which represented 14% of total direct real estate investment volumes in Europe in the first half of 2018.

French institutions have a low exposure to their residential sector in comparison to German and Dutch investors in their domestic markets. This offers the opportunity for an increase in residential investments in France given the size of the market.